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1 Jul 2024
haha indeed Having been to Pic-Nic on the Park this weekend it was absolutely rammed so worrying if these guys cannot sell tickets...
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29 Jun 2024
A recording of yesterday's election hustings for the Southgate & Wood Green constituency is now online. The LibDems were represented by their election agent as their candidate could not attend. As happened with the Edmonton & Winchmore Hill hustings, both the Conservative and Reform parties failed to take up the invitation to participate.
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28 Jun 2024
Should have gone to Specsavers
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28 Jun 2024
A recording of yesterday's election hustings for the Edmonton and Winchmore Hill constituency is now online. All candidates apart from those standing for the Conservatives and Reform attended.
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28 Jun 2024
Jeez I checked so many times without seeing it......
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27 Jun 2024
Darren Edgar wrote (message 7185) : That poster doesn't even have the date on it, does it? It says in large letters "27th July".
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27 Jun 2024
That poster doesn't even have the date on it, does it? Ticket sales might be helped if they sorted their advertising out.... We already have Picnic in the Park at Forty Hall and similarly named Wildstock, both coming with music, so maybe there's a capacity issue to for the number of these events......
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27 Jun 2024
What I should have been more clear about is the effect on the council finances challenging any kind of application. I had forgotten the reason why they pulled back from the previous challenge against Merkur Slots which was clarified elsewhere in this post. An FOI was obtained (as attached) on the levels of spending by various London councils making[…]
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26 Jun 2024
Big Issue magazine has delivered an open letter to both Labour and Conservative parties urging measures to eradicate poverty
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26 Jun 2024
Saturday sees the launch of a summer-long series of free events in Edmonton at the newly built Pavilion on the Green. Between now and September the Pavilion will play host to live music featuring styles from the African diaspora, holiday activities for young people, family arts, theatre and dance workshops, wellbeing activities and a whole range of other activities.
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26 Jun 2024
[Original article] Article not displaying properly? Click here The organisers of the Livestock Music Festival, due to be held at Forty Hall Farm on 27th July, are calling on music lovers to buy tickets soon because last year's losses due to bad weather and the slow rate of sales to date this year mean that the organisation is in a[…]
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26 Jun 2024
Music lovers planning to attend the Livestock 2024 music festival at Forty Hall Farm should buy tickets now as unless ticket sales pick up soon there is a risk that the event may be cancelled.
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26 Jun 2024
A street party weekend in Palmers Green with events occurring in Old Park Road, Broomfield Avenue and Osborne Road (at least). Straightforward to organise and great for street-spirit. Street closure details are on the council’s web site. If not this year, there is plenty of time to plan your own 2025 event. Last weekend was the Great Get Together weekend,[…]
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25 Jun 2024
How well do you know your flugelhorn from your trumpet? Come along to Winchmore String Orchestra's next concert on 13th July and find the difference between these two similar brass instruments. Discover too how smoothly the local musicians can switch from 17th Century Italian Baroque to 20th Century British, with a little pinch of Argentinian Tango thrown in to spice[…]
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25 Jun 2024
Neil Littman wrote (message 7179) : I wanted to post a photo to show one of the blocked gulley covers in my road but there is no facility to post a photo on this site as far as I am aware. Am going to upload it to Enfield Matters FB page. Have also asked my local councillors to sort out.[…]
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25 Jun 2024
Neil Littman wrote (message 7179) : I wanted to post a photo to show one of the blocked gulley covers in my road but there is no facility to post a photo on this site as far as I am aware. It certainly is possible to upload photos, and many people have done so. But unfortunately the process isn't[…]
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23 Jun 2024
I wanted to post a photo to show one of the blocked gulley covers in my road but there is no facility to post a photo on this site as far as I am aware. Am going to upload it to Enfield Matters FB page. Have also asked my local councillors to sort out.
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22 Jun 2024
Ahead of next months's general election, Enfield Dispatch, Enfield Climate Action Forum and LocalMotion Enfield are joining forces to run online hustings focussing on three of the most pressing issues that the next government has to tackle: the housing crisis, the cost of living and, last but certainly not least, climate change.
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21 Jun 2024
To discover how the campaign to stop Merkur Slots opening came to an end, read these two reports from 2021: Anger as council cancels review of Merkur Slots gambling licence Palmers Green Merkur Slots protest raised with Mayor of London As Karl says the political leadership at the council had come round to resisting the new gambling premises, but in[…]
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20 Jun 2024
The point Colin raises was covered at the CAPE. It seems that when the rules were set there was no such thing as an "adult gaming centre" and the category of "betting shops" was seen as covering the complete landscape of gambling outlets. That seemingly may change in a future iteration. Neil wonders why given so many objections that Merker[…]
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20 Jun 2024
I've been trying for some months to discover how the Council were going to square the granting of a licence last year for an adult gaming centre with the policy banning clusters of betting shops. Reading the application, the argument is that the council policy covers betting shops and not adult gaming centres, which legally are an independent classification. This[…]
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20 Jun 2024
So why did Merkur slots get approved despite massive opposition and campaign that went on for months? If it isn't about money (fair point) what is it about?
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20 Jun 2024
What improvement does this make to the Council's finances? Other than the application fee, which probably covers little more than admin, it's not like there's a CIL or s106 contribution attached to it. Business rates whilst vacant will be being paid by the landlord. Council incompetence is one thing but too many seek Machiavellian money related explanations that are simply[…]
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20 Jun 2024
No mow would improve water retention on verges so that's a weak argument. Maintenance does come to bear when leaves are not cleared in autumn though. Agreed re driveways. I've even reported some with pictures showing a garden then a solid driveway and the Council genuinely responded and said "we don't see the issue" despite the fact their very own[…]
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20 Jun 2024
If residents had not been allowed to de-pave their gardens in the first place some of these issues would not exist and it's too late to turn the clock back and expect them to remove the paved areas and replace with sustainable solutions. Who is going to pay for it? One issue not mentioned that I have seen in my[…]
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20 Jun 2024
Agree it's not good and hope the application gets rejected but with the current state of the council finances I would be surprised if it was prevented from going through. In the list of stories on the home page there is reference to the 'coffee shop' application in Winchmore Hill which was passed by the council despite over 50 written[…]
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19 Jun 2024
Enfield Council will be launching its updated Climate Action Plan at a "community networking and fun event" to be held at Edmonton Green Library on Saturday 22nd June.
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19 Jun 2024
[Original article] Article not displaying properly? Click here The next four years are critical to tackling flooding and water pollution in London. To address these problems, London must urgently become a ‘Sponge City’. But how – and why? And how can Londoners with front or back gardens help? Alice Roberts from CPRE London explains. Climate change brings heavier rain and[…]
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